Social Justice Movies

  • 2009
    Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine

    Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine

    Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine

    02009HD

    In the summer of 2004, the Mayor of Lewiston, Maine announced a plan to develop a four-lane boulevard across downtown's low-income neighborhood. This...

    Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine
  • 1970
    She's Not Alone

    She's Not Alone

    She's Not Alone

    01970HD

    She's Not Alone is a social enterprise short, that exposes the lack of safety in rideshare services, particularly for women and gender-diverse people.

    She's Not Alone
  • 1970
    Fairy Creek Blockade - As I See It

    Fairy Creek Blockade - As I See It

    Fairy Creek Blockade - As I See It

    01970HD

    Mainland reporter hears about protest on Vancouver Island and decides to visit and see it for himself. He spends time to meet people there from both...

    Fairy Creek Blockade - As I See It
  • 2019
    Follow the Drinking Gourd

    Follow the Drinking Gourd

    Follow the Drinking Gourd

    02019HD

    FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD is a feature documentary about the Black food justice movement. Family-friendly, funny, and moving, this 60-minute film...

    Follow the Drinking Gourd
  • 2021
    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy

    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy

    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy

    02021HD

    For more than 100 years, thousands of Indigenous children died while in Canada’s residential school system. Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones...

    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy
  • 2023
    Jeunesse Rouge: The Story of Young Communist Revolutionaries in France

    Jeunesse Rouge: The Story of Young Communist Revolutionaries in France

    Jeunesse Rouge: The Story of Young Communist Revolutionaries in France

    02023HD

    "Jeunesse Rouge" is a documentary exploring young French Communist revolutionaries fighting for a just and equal society. The film follows their...

    Jeunesse Rouge: The Story of Young Communist Revolutionaries in France
  • 2022
    Laila

    Laila

    Laila

    02022HD

    Laila lives in a fake Eastern society where all women should wear a veil and the only way of marriage is to be selected by a man. She refuses this...

    Laila
  • 2023
    Caso Yangali: Separados a la fuerza

    Caso Yangali: Separados a la fuerza

    Caso Yangali: Separados a la fuerza

    02023HD

    One night in 1983, the life of the Yangali family changed completely. The four brothers from the town of Churcampa in Ayacucho were attacked and...

    Caso Yangali: Separados a la fuerza
  • 2021
    Before They Fall

    Before They Fall

    Before They Fall

    02021HD

    Conservation groups, First Nations, and scientists come together in this timely short film, as a decades-long battle to protect endangered old-growth...

    Before They Fall
  • 2008
    Amateur's Riot

    Amateur's Riot

    Amateur's Riot

    02008HD

    Amateur's Riot (Shirōto no ran) is a Japanese association of activists, committed to the living conditions of the poor people (binbōnin) in...

    Amateur's Riot
  • 2020
    We Came to Heal

    We Came to Heal

    We Came to Heal

    02020HD

    We Came to Heal” follows H.O.L.L.A!’s Healing Justice Movement - over a three years period capturing Healing Justice circles, the Healing...

    We Came to Heal
  • 2025
    For The Lives of Others

    For The Lives of Others

    For The Lives of Others

    92025HD

    In a country that prides itself on democracy, a group of activists, known for chalking messages and holding signs, faces a terrifying escalation:...

    For The Lives of Others
  • 1981
    Man Versus Man

    Man Versus Man

    Man Versus Man

    01981HD

    Man-pulled rickshaw, which have served Kolkata for over eight decades face virtual extinction as a result of legislation introduced by the State...

    Man Versus Man
  • 2015
    70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green

    70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green

    70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green

    02015HD

    Documenting the demolition of Cabrini Green, Chicago's most infamous public housing development, through the stories of three public housing...

    70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green
  • 2024
    Vicinal À Meia-Noite

    Vicinal À Meia-Noite

    Vicinal À Meia-Noite

    02024HD

    Vicinal À Meia-Noite
  • 2011
    Grandpuits & petites victoires

    Grandpuits & petites victoires

    Grandpuits & petites victoires

    02011HD

    Grandpuits & petites victoires
  • 2012
    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot

    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot

    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot

    102012HD

    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot is a first person documentary about the extraordinary life of this American civil rights leader. Braden was hailed by...

    Anne Braden: Southern Patriot
  • 2009
    Louis Guilloux, the rebel

    Louis Guilloux, the rebel

    Louis Guilloux, the rebel

    02009HD

    Louis Guilloux (1899-1980) is one of the great figures of 20th-century literature. Rolland Savidan and Florence Mahé's film accurately...

    Louis Guilloux, the rebel
  • 2020
    One Book at a Time

    One Book at a Time

    One Book at a Time

    102020HD

    Sarah Kamya is a school counselor in New York City. She began the project Little Diverse Libraries on June 3rd and has already raised over $13,000,...

    One Book at a Time
  • 2014
    Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek

    Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek

    Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek

    02014HD

    When the graves of former slaves are bulldozed in Mississippi, a native son returns to protect the community they settled - a place now threatened by...

    Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek